I Bought An Antique Rusted Flintlock - Can I Fix It?

[@richardbreisch8049]

Well done! A nice straight forward restoration.

[@martinkavanagh196]

Oh WELL DONE. - That was a crusty-rusty heap to start with .. one horrid screw after 'tuther eh. I think I might have given it a "boil up" before re-assembling to blacken any remaining rust and I'd have loved to see you inlet a repair to the stock wood. Thanks for showing us how it can be done.

[@carlericvonkleistiii2188]

Excellent video. Thanks for sharing your methods.

[@OwlskiTV]

I find with heavily rusted parts I can't budge it helps if I pre-soak them in WD-40 and leave them drenched in it overnight. Doesn't always work, but has helped me shimmy and work rusted things loose. There's also those solutions that also eat away at rust which might help, but I've never tried them personally.

[@paulbervid1610]

Great work

[@jason60chev]

You like these box lock guns! They are kinda neat. Do you ever fire them, after you fix them?

[@morriscarstairs2685]

No, I don't have a firearms certificate.

[@jas20per]

It is good to see things have not changed from the time I did the same sort of thing with shotguns. breach and many mizzle loaders. Just a couple of things that I found out over my time, the best form of penetrating oils I found was to use brake fluid and another that I made my self 1 to 1 Aromatic Transmission Fluid and Paraffin oil. I did see that you where getting on well with Metric taps and dies though I would recommend that you take a look at BA threading these threads I found where very close to many of the older guns. One last thing that may make you cringe when you read it is an old school trick to enable you to remove rusted in steel screws to provide heat to the screw only, by using a stick welder connecting one lead to the metal that the screw is in and by using a thin Brass or Copper wire in the electrode holder then applying to the screw head. You will be amazed how fast it will heat only the screw breaking the rust bond. Just give it a try.

[@morriscarstairs2685]

Very many thanks for your input, I'll experiment with what you've said.

[@thomasozminkowski2589]

I love these little pistols but i dont see many of them here in The States.

[@CharlezEggs]

Another great vid, thanks very much. What do you do with these antiques once you've fixed them- keep or flip?

[@morriscarstairs2685]

Thanks, I keep the ones I like and sell the others.

[@Kev-N42000]

I was thinking 🤔 to deepen the flat screw slots so the screwdriver has better bite, use a tiny metal engraving chisel and chisel out the screw slot or maybe a tiny bit on the dremel and hold it straight up n down and deepen the groove on the screw and file a screwdriver to fit the screw nicely, there might of been a chance to get out the screws without drilling

[@morriscarstairs2685]

I have tried the dremel method before, but it gets very little in the way of depth, and there's a high probability it'll mark the frame. I haven't tried the chisel, but I suspect you'd run the risk of, again, damaging the frame. On the screws I've drilled out I don't think having a deeper slot would make any difference, as the length of the screw has bonded itself to the frame and won't come out with a screwdriver, especially if rust and corrosion are involved.

[@Kev-N42000]

@@morriscarstairs2685 that’s true, if the groove in the screw is made deeper sometimes it could compromise the screw head and cause it to bend/wedge outward when turned and maybe gouge the frame,, a good tap on the handle of a good fitting driver will usually jar a seized screw loose, but yhea sometimes a drill bit is the least destructive way if done properly

[@rumeunner3245]

Dental drill bits are better for those tight screw spaces.

[@garydawson6346]

well it aleast it's complete, just bought one I thought from the poor thumbnail and last minuite auction close was a percussion, but turns out it;s a flintlock missing the hammer

[@amboss594]

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